Chapter 308 - First Meeting With The Saint, Changshou Schemes Against The Golden Cicada (1/2)
In the rear hall of Anshui City, a Water-Fire Taiji Painting appeared out of thin air. It carried the power of water and fire and slowly rotated.
The Great Daoist Master jumped out of it with a cold expression.
When the Water-Fire Taiji Painting dissipated, the Great Daoist Master’s sleeve fluttered gently. A handful of ashes floated out and turned into Li Changshou’s figure with specks of light.
He still looked like an old immortal. There was still the image of a paG.o.da on his chest. The Great Daoist Master exhaled and sat back on the round chair. He was silent for a while before sighing.
“This Uncle-Master is a little too…”
Li Changshou held his horsetail whisk and whispered, “Great Daoist Master, after all, this is the Saint…”
“Yes, I know that.” The Great Daoist Master nodded slowly and said, “I should have listened to you and cut off the cicada’s skin in front of this Uncle-Master. I originally thought that it would not be good to involve the conflict between the Western Sect and the Dao Sect. However, from the looks of it, there is no need to care about the pride of the Western Sect. They don’t care about pride.”
The Great Daoist Master was gentle and easy-going even when he was angry.
Li Changshou did not know how to persuade him.
That Saint is really… it’s hard to explain.
A moment ago, at the ruins of the Great Spirit Explosion, the Second Sect Master of the Western Sect, Daoist Zhunti, whose face was blurry and whose body was covered by the rays of light, appeared. He said that the Golden Cicada was fated with the West and asked the two of them to stop.
At that time, Li Changshou had secretly given the Great Daoist Master a suggestion to add insult to injury. However, the Great Daoist Master had clearly hesitated, causing him to miss the opportunity.
It was not that the Great Daoist Master did not dare to go against the Saint. If necessary, the Great Daoist Master would still go against him.
However, what happened today was Li Changshou’s counterattack against Jin Chanzi. There was a reason for it.
If the Great Daoist Master forcefully killed Jin Chanzi, he would be exposed. If the Ren School wanted to destroy the destiny of the Western Sect, they would increase unnecessary karma for the Ren School…
That was actually nothing much.
The Ren School had a total of two and a half Saints. At most, the Grand Pure One would fight with the two Saints of the Western Sect.
It was impossible that they would be afraid. He reckoned that they would be able to defeat the Western Sect…
However, in that case, things would get out of hand. The Primordial World would definitely be in turmoil. The Dao Sect’s luck would be affected, and the Great Daoist Master would definitely be pulled back to the Grand Pure One and be grounded for a few hundreds of thousands of years…
That would not be beautiful.
Mostly importantly, the Great Daoist Master saw Li Changshou’s performance today and realized that Jin Chanzi… It would be difficult for Jin Chanzi to pose any threat to Ren School in the future.
When Jin Chanzi grew up again, Li Changshou would not stay in the same place. When the time came, he would probably only use his brain and his fingers to deal with him.
Therefore, the Great Daoist Master decided not to kill Jin Chanzi. He only tried to sever the karma.
The Great Daoist Master said, “Uncle-Master Zhun Ti, this Primordial Beast wants to harm the disciples of Ren School. It should be killed by the disciples of Ren School.”
The old Daoist priest on the cloud said calmly, “Why? Is my status not enough?”
The Great Daoist Master’s smile gradually disappeared. He looked up at the rays of light in the clouds, his figure still standing tall.
The clouds in the sky were like mountains, and the people below were like huge ponds!
The Great Daoist Master said, “If you say that, I won’t dare to say anything. However, Uncle-Master, how should we end today’s karma?”
The old Daoist priest said, “Since I’m here, karma can be destroyed.” “What if the Golden Cicada attacks the people of Ren School again?”
“There is a natural law of fate,” the old Daoist priest said leisurely. “Since there is a cause, there will be consequences.”
Great Daoist Master Xuan Du squinted slightly.
Li Changshou, who was hiding in the Great Daoist Master’s sleeve, sighed.
Is this a Saint?
He said those words casually and did not care about the actual meaning at all. It was purely to tell you— “I will definitely protect this Golden Cicada today. Do whatever you want!”
That only happened with the presence of the Great Daoist Master. If it were Li Changshou alone, he would probably not even have the chance to speak. Daoist Zhun Ti would attack him with the Seven Wonder Tree.
At that moment, the Great Daoist Master could only retreat. If he continued speaking, Daoist Zhun Ti would probably use some pompous words to dismiss him. Li Changshou rubbed the Great Daoist Master’s arm and sent a voice transmission. “Great Daoist Master, pardon me, but you can say, ‘I wonder what the Western Sect is going to do with the Golden Cicada.’ Even if such a Primordial Beast has cleared its negative karma, it should not enter the Saint’s eyes.”
Since he could not kill Jin Chanzi, he would destroy his opportunity to become a disciple of the Saint and minimize the trouble he would face in the future.
The Great Daoist Master’s eyes lit up and he followed his instructions.
Indeed, Saint Zhun Ti had changed his strategy… The old Daoist said, “This Golden Cicada attacked my senior brother’s golden body a long time ago, so he owes the Western Sect karma. In the future, we will have a fateful encounter with him and make him offer his Dharma body to the Western Sect. I’ve already come here personally today. Do you think that I’m not worthy enough for you to let him off on my account?”
The Great Daoist Master smiled and said, “Uncle-Master, you’re being too serious. Since you’ve made a request, I will not make things difficult for this Golden Cicada today. However, this Golden Cicada is a ferocious Primordial Beast. It has acc.u.mulated many bad karma. Aunt-Master, you are a Saint. You actually personally appeared and took it away. I’m afraid it will damage the reputation of the Western Sect.”
Zhun Ti did not speak for a long time. Then, he said, “This Golden Cicada’s ferocious nature is rare. I brought him back to the spiritual mountain to suppress him in the Merit Pool and expiate his soul.
Disciple-Nephew, you worry too much. Leave.”
Upon hearing that, Great Daoist Master Xuan Du cupped his hands and did not say anything else. He turned around and walked away, disappearing from the world and returning to the rear hall of the Sea G.o.d Temple.
That was a Saint.
There was no need to reason. Once he spoke, even the Great Daoist Master could only retreat temporarily and return home to throw a fit.
In the Sea G.o.d Temple, the Exquisite Heaven And Earth Mysterious Yellow PaG.o.da slowly emerged from Li Changshou’s chest and sent a spiritual message to the Great Daoist Master and Li Changshou. Li Changshou did not know what kind of voice and tone the spiritual will had transformed into, in the Great Daoist Master’s heart.
However, in Li Changshou’s heart, it said, “Kill him! Eldest Disciple, what are you afraid of? Zhun Ti is a good-for-nothing. If we really fight, he might not be your match! Can his Seven Wonder Tree be used? I’ve tried it in the ancient times. That tree is not good at all. It’s just bullying quasi-Dao Saints who don’t have any treasures and small Connate numinous treasures. Call the Boss in the painting and the others over and fight him head-on. There’s no problem. We definitely won’t lose!”
The Great Daoist Master pondered for a while and said, “I can do whatever I want, but I cannot go overboard. If I were to attack the Saint, I would have embarra.s.sed Teacher. Moreover, the Saint’s mystical abilities are unfathomable. He has merged with the Heavenly Dao and is connected to the world. We will not be able to win just by having many treasures.”
The little paG.o.da trembled and immediately retracted the light, as if it was angry. Li Changshou hurriedly said, “Great Daoist Master, I did not think through it properly. I only considered how he would escape and did not consider that his life-saving mystical ability would be like that. If I had hidden some of the paper effigies at the side back then, there would be no further trouble at the end of the spiritual explosion.” “This is not your fault,” the Great Daoist Master said kindly. “You have already done very well. If I had your cultivation level and gone to do such a thing, I would definitely not be able to do it so properly without leaving traces. However, after this matter, Changshou, you can be at ease. The Western Sect will not dare to attack you directly.”
As he spoke, the Great Daoist Master took out a jade token from his sleeve and gently pushed it towards Li Changshou.
“Today, I saw you use the Water Escape technique to almost shake off that golden cicada. Only then did I know that your greatest talent is in this escape technique. Take this. I wanted to let you cultivate in peace. Don’t be distracted by these mystical abilities.”
Li Changshou held the jade token with both hands and carefully looked at it…
He was so excited that his heart raced and his hands trembled!
From now on, I don’t have any escape techniques!
I only have the Cosmic Escape Technique!
The name of the escape technique was very simple. It was the Cosmic Escape. However, according to the theorem of ‘the fewer words there are, the bigger the matter’, those three ordinary words were definitely extraordinary! “Thank you, Great Daoist Master.”
Li Changshou put away the jade token. Naturally, he could not comprehend it immediately.
The Great Daoist Master smiled and said, “You have finally met the Saint today. Do you have any enlightenment?”
Li Changshou said seriously, “I actually don’t have any thoughts. I couldn’t see the appearance of a Saint either. I feel a little regretful…
Great Daoist Master, I think we can continue with this matter. We should not let it go.”